Why the study?
Are anxiety and depressed mood related to physical symptom burden in hospitalized advanced cancer patients?
Population
79 hospitalized advanced cancer patients
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Anxiety and depression show minimal ties to physical symptoms in advanced cancer inpatients; leaves open causal links and targeted interventions for insomnia/drowsiness.
Are anxiety and depressed mood related to physical symptom burden in hospitalized advanced cancer patients?
In hospitalized advanced cancer patients, anxiety and depressed mood have a very limited relationship with the presence and intensity of physical symptoms, contrary to common presumptions.
Teunissen et al. (2007) studied this question.
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